Entertainment 1998

Chapter 681: 680, Early Exposure

The hottest ones will die!

This is an iron rule that applies no matter what dynasty or what matter it is.

For example, Feng Xiaogang has been very popular in recent years. The box office of his movies in mainland China often reaches tens of millions, and they are ranked in the top five or even top three in the annual box office list.

Every year when the awards season comes, all the major media outlets are speculating on how many nominations Feng Xiaogang's films will get at the Golden Rooster Awards, and how many awards they will win...

It seemed as if Feng Xiaogang's winning of the award was a foregone conclusion, and the popularity of the award in various media outlets was getting higher and higher!
But in fact, the mainstream film industry doesn't even pay attention to him. Major film critics and directors all look gloomy when they mention him, pointing at his nose and scolding Feng Xiaogang for fawning on the public and so on.

Old Feng had been holding his anger in for several years, bowing his head and trying to squeeze into the mainstream film circle. However, he ended up getting a cold shoulder. For several consecutive years, Feng Xiaogang's films had little success in winning the Golden Rooster Awards.

Feng Xiaogang was so angry that his true nature was exposed. He turned into "Feng Cannon" and repeatedly questioned and criticized the Golden Rooster Awards, and even vowed never to participate in the competition again!

The reason for this is that Zhao Laonian, who was nominated for the Best Actor at the Golden Rooster Awards this year, asked someone to do a serious analysis. The result was that many people in the circle do not look down on the general public and only believe in the elites in their small circle. Instead, they feel that things recognized by the general public are "unfashionable".

Under such circumstances, on the eve of the Golden Rooster Awards ceremony, major domestic media suddenly broke the news that "the movie "Nobody" has 100% won the award", which directly made Zhao Laonian feel shocked!

So, Zhao Laonian immediately found Jiang Feng, who was having breakfast at the Shandong cuisine restaurant on the first floor of Baishan Building, and asked his assistant to hold the laptop for him to see.

Jiang Feng only glanced at the news on Sina Entertainment, then smiled and said to Zhao Laonian: "Teacher Zhao, don't worry, the four words "the hot favorite is doomed to fail" should not come true to us.

If you don’t believe me, just take a look at the comment section under this news. 99% of the people in the comment section are supporting us to win the award. What does this mean?
This shows that we are what the people want!
Apart from anything else, you should know that our movie alone has created more than twice the total box office of all domestic movies last year."

"But what if?"

"Jiang Feng, you know, the news that has appeared on the Internet now is unusual in itself. Perhaps one of our competitors is asking reporters to manipulate this matter in order to make our competitors the first to be shot?"

Zhao Laonian was a little obsessed.

This is the closest he has ever been to the highest award in the mainstream film industry. If he wins the Best Actor Award at this year's Golden Rooster Awards, he will not only have the title of "King of Northeastern Sketches", but two.

However, I am a bit unlucky that I happened to encounter this era. In the eyes of those high-ranking Golden Rooster Award judges, this era is:

TV series = vulgar

Commercial film = vulgar
Art films are the way to go!

The box office of a movie is not the first factor. The first factor is to win awards. It would be best to win one of the three major European film festivals and an Oscar, and make some money by the way.

It doesn’t matter if you can’t make money, how can you talk about money when doing art…

Just as he was thinking, Zhao Laonian suddenly saw Jiang Feng standing up, leaned over and said in a low voice: "Teacher Zhao, I'm talking about what if, what if we don't win the prize, don't worry, I will definitely seek justice for you."

"How do I get it back?"

"I will start to criticize them immediately, from the judges to the award presenters to the organizers, and we will not let any of them off."

Uh…

Zhao Laonian was a little confused.

It doesn't seem to be that serious, isn't it just an award? Just like Feng Xiaogang, he is the favorite every year, but he never even gets nominated.

Even if Feng Xiaogang fired back afterwards, it seemed to be of no avail.

As if he knew what Zhao Laonian was thinking, Jiang Feng lowered his voice even more.

"Feng Xiaogang's criticism was a bit low-brow and missed the point. At the press conference, he just criticized the Golden Rooster Award judges for having no vision. The winning films selected according to the existing selection rules simply do not suit the public's taste."

"What about you?" asked Zhao Laonian.

"I'll fire beforehand."

beforehand…

Hearing these two words, Zhao Laonian became even more confused.

How did you know in advance whether we won the award?
But as soon as he thought of this question, Zhao Laonian realized that he was superficial. According to the importance that China Film Group attached to Jiang Feng, even if Han Shanye could not influence the ideas of the Golden Rooster Awards judges, it would still be helpful to know some information in advance.

Besides, when the Golden Rooster Awards organizing committee invites famous directors and actors to participate in the ceremony, they will usually give some hints first, for example, "So-and-so, you won the Best Actress award, so remember to come and receive the award in person."

However, how will Jiang Feng bombard?
Just when Zhao Laonian wanted to continue asking, he saw Jiang Feng stood up straight in the restaurant and clapped his hands vigorously.

"Clap clap clap..."

"Everyone, while you are having breakfast, please listen to me. Today is October 10th, um, 20 o'clock in the morning.

Up to now, there are still 15 scenes of the movie "Yellow Sea" in China. Next, I have arranged it like this: one day of shooting today and one day of shooting tomorrow. All the scenes of our movie in mainland China must be shot no later than the morning of the day after tomorrow.

Because on the 22nd, I will fly to Jiangsu Province with producer Li Xing to attend this year's Golden Rooster Awards ceremony, and you will fly directly to South Korea, take a look around after landing in South Korea, and then prepare to shoot the next scene. "

"it is good!"

As soon as Jiang Feng finished speaking, everyone agreed in unison.

The director has to go to Jiangsu Province to attend the award ceremony, which will take at least 1 to 2 days, and these 1 to 2 days are basically everyone's travel time in South Korea at public expense.

Go to Jeju Island, go to the 38th parallel, drink some dog meat soup, do some beauty treatments, or stroll around the famous red light district in Seoul...

Well, no matter what, everyone is in a good mood!

.........

Zhang Guorong stopped his car at an intersection in the city and waited for the red light. On the opposite corner was the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. On a step outside the bank, several middle-aged and elderly women were sitting and seemed to be talking about something.

The green light came on, and Zhang Guorong's taxi turned left and stopped on the opposite side of the street.

Zhang Guorong looked at Li Jia outside the car. Li Jia saw him outside the car and quickly stood up and left, even sighing: "Oh!"

"OK, passed, next shot."

"Action!"

After pushing the door and getting out of the car, Zhang Guorong immediately chased after Li Jia. Li Jia ignored him and walked quickly without looking back.

Seeing this, Zhang Guorong could only chase after her while shouting, "Sister-in-law, Quan's sister-in-law!"

After all, he was a man, so Zhang Guorong ran very fast. After only taking a dozen steps forward, he reached out and grabbed Li Jia's arm, and the two stopped in a corner of the bank.

Li Jia shook off his hand and said, "Go away, we have nothing to talk about."

Zhang Guorong pleaded, "Please help me check it. It must have been sent this time."

Li Jia said impatiently: "Jin Jiunan, your wife must have run away with someone else. If she has already run away with someone else, will she still send you money?"

"OK, passed, next shot."

"Brother Zong, when shooting the next shot, you have to show your fierce side. Although you are honest, even rabbits bite when they are angry." Jiang Feng took the opportunity when the makeup artist Mark was touching up their makeup to remind them at the shooting site.

"OK!"

Zhang Guorong immediately understood what Jiang Feng meant, so he made an OK gesture with his hand.

Seeing that Zhang Guorong fully understood his intention, Jiang Feng immediately turned his head to Li Jia.

"Li Jia..."

"Yes, Director." "Because Jin Jiunan has been pestering you for a long time, even if he looks fierce, you still have to maintain your current impatient look.

After all, you know this guy's character, and he seems to have never done anything out of line."

"Okay, director!"

Li Jia, who finished touching up her makeup first, agreed and walked to the shooting site on her own initiative, standing in the same position as before.

"Action!"

Zhang Guorong approached Li Jia and asked, "Don't you want to do business?"

"Ah, I get it. He's like a madman. I'm so annoyed." Li Jia walked aside impatiently, took out her cell phone and made a call: "It's me. Can you confirm if there's any money remitted from South Korea? Jin Jiunan, it was deposited by Li Huazi, isn't it?
Oh, I see. "

Li Jia hung up the phone and shouted to Zhang Guorong: "No!"

Zhang Guorong questioned: "Are you sure?"

Seeing that Zhang Guorong didn't believe her, Li Jia howled impatiently: "Can I still lie to you? There are many wives who go to Korea to run away with other men. Just treat her as dead. Don't come to me again in the future!"

Zhang Guorong was stunned for a moment, and immediately scolded her fiercely: "What bullshit are you talking about!"

...

Jiang Feng and his crew were busy filming.

As usual, Zhao Laonian took a chair and sat next to him to learn, learn how to move the camera, learn how to coordinate the crew, learn how to control the scene on the set...

Well, Zhao Laonian is also a down-to-earth person. If there is something he doesn’t understand, he will ask Jiang Feng to teach him step by step.

Of course, studying is studying, but there is one thing that Zhao Laonian has always kept in mind.

How could Jiang Feng fire at the Golden Rooster Awards Organizing Committee beforehand? !
On October 10, Zhao Laonian waited for a whole day, but there was no news from either television media, print media, or the emerging online media. There was only a collective carnival among netizens. Everyone said that this year's Golden Rooster Awards had finally done a good thing and was going to give awards to everyone's favorite movies.

On October 10, Zhao Laonian waited for another day, just like yesterday, until the crew finished work. The major domestic entertainment media were still calm and talked about "The Unknown", a movie that set a super box office record in China. What kind of artistic achievements did it have?

Why did "Nobody" win the favor of the Golden Rooster Awards jury this year, and even released news in advance that the film would 100% win the award? !

Of course, there are also happy things today.

That is the mainland scenes of the movie "The Yellow Sea", which have finally been filmed. Tomorrow morning, he and Jiang Feng will be able to go to Changchun, and then fly from Changchun to Jinling Lukou International Airport.

This year's Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards ceremony will be held in Wuxi, which is closer from Jinling.

The filming is finished.

Feeling happy, Zhao Laonian prepared to invite Jiang Feng, Zhang Guorong, Liang Jiahui, Huang Bo, Liu Mu, Huang Xiaoming and others to have a drink together. This would be the last drink he would treat everyone to as a landlord in the Northeast.

But when the crew finished work and returned to the hotel, Zhao Laonian had just taken a shower in his room when he saw his assistant running towards him in a panic, with the black laptop in his arms.

"Zhao…"

"Ok?"

Zhao Laonian suddenly felt an inexplicable excitement in his heart, because seeing the expression of his assistant, he basically dared to conclude that there was the latest news on the Internet.

"Teacher Zhao, look, someone posted something like this on Tianya Forum."

While speaking, the assistant opened his laptop with the screen facing Zhao Laonian.

[Exclusive insider information:
On October 10, that is, tomorrow night, the results of the 22nd Golden Rooster Awards ceremony to be held in Wuxi have been revealed in advance by certain people.

The winners are as follows:

Best Feature Film: "Big Feet," "Amazon Politics"

Best Educational Film: "The Abyss: The Nature of Cults"

Best Children's Film: "Juneteenth Boy"

Best Co-production Feature Film Award: No winner
Best Foreign Film Dubbing Award: Pearl Harbor

Best TV Movie: "Judge Zhang"

Best Director: Chen Kaige (Together with You), Yang Yazhou (Beautiful Big Feet)

…]

Zhao Laonian read this so-called inside information six times in a row. That's right, he read it six times without missing a single word.

But after watching it six times, Zhao Laonian didn't see any information about "Nobody". For example, it won double yolks for "Best Feature Film" and "Best Director", and also won double yolks for "Best Actress", but the winners had nothing to do with "Nobody".

Well, also, since "Best Feature Film", "Best Director" and "Best Actress" can all lay double yolks, why can't "Best Actor" lay a double yolk egg with my name in it?
But no, the "Best Actor" was a man named Ning Cai, whom he himself had never even heard of.

wipe…

It turns out that the hottest ones will definitely die!
This is absolutely true!
If ordinary people think that "Nobody" can win the award, then what are the judges for? !

Feeling a wave of disappointment, Zhao Laonian took a few deep breaths, forced himself to remain calm, and turned to look at his assistant.

"Is this news true?"

"do not know!

But it should be true, because at this moment, the entertainment channels of major domestic websites have begun to reprint this news.

Moreover, 20 minutes ago, a reporter from the National Television Film Channel called the organizing committee of the 22nd Golden Rooster Awards Ceremony to inquire about this list. The organizing committee neither confirmed nor denied it, but only said that the situation was still under investigation.

That’s true!

If it is false, those people will definitely jump up and start denying it at the first moment, and will also choose to call the police to hunt down the rumormonger.

Eh…

Thinking of this, Zhao Laonian sighed.

It seems that his wish to win the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor with this movie is difficult to achieve.

"Zhao…"

"Zhao…"

"Oh, you said?"

"Now netizens are going wild, posting in the comment sections of major websites and Tianya Forum to denounce the organizing committee, saying that they don't understand art or movies at all.

Some people even said there must be something fishy going on here, otherwise, these people would never have reviewed movies that no one had even seen…"

What good can come of denouncing it?
So what if there is a shady deal?
Anyway, the result is like this now. Even if Jiang Feng had three heads and six arms, he probably wouldn't be able to save the situation.

Jiang Feng...

When he thought of Jiang Feng, Zhao Laonian's eyes began to turn rapidly.

(End of this chapter)